Nivel de actividad física habitual en escolares de 8-9 años de España e India

Abstract

ResumenEl nivel de actividad física de las personas es un tema prioritario a escala internacional. Sobre este tema, el objetivo del presente artículo fue analizar y comparar el nivel de actividad física habitual de escolares de 8-9 años de la región de Murcia, España y el Distrito de Karbi Anglong, Assam en India. Para ello, se administró el cuestionario PACE (Physician-based Assessment and Counseling for Exercise) a un total de 85 escolares (44 de España y 41 de India). Los resultados evidenciaron que la muestra estudiada no realiza suficiente actividad física, según las recomendaciones de la Organización Mundial de la Salud, ya que realizan al menos 60 minutos de actividad física; una media de 3.13 días/semana (DE=1.91). Los escolares de 8 años son ligeramente más activos que los de 9 años en ambos países; los niños realizan más actividad física que las niñas en ambos países; los escolares de India realizan más actividad física que los de España. Por tanto, se concluye que el nivel de actividad física es insuficiente, disminuye ligeramente con la edad y es mayor en India.Palabras Claves: Actividad física, Salud, Escolares, Niños, España, India. AbstractThe level of physical activity of people is a very important issue internationally. The aim of this study was to analyze and compare the level of habitual physical activity in 8-9 years old schoolchildren from Spain and India. With this purpose, it was administered the questionnaire PACE (Physician-based Assessment and Counseling for Exercise) in a sample of 85 schoolchildren (44 from Spain and 41 from India). The results showed that the sample studied does not do enough physical activity, according to the recommendations of the World Health Organization, as they do at least 60 minutes of physical activity; only an average of 3.13 days/week (SD=1.91). 8-year-old schoolchildren do more physical activity than 9-year-old schoolchildren in both countries; boys do more physical activity than girls in both countries; schoolchildren from India do more physical activity than schoolchildren from Spain. Therefore, it is concluded that the level of physical activity is insufficient, decreases slightly with the age and is higher in India.

Level of habitual physical activity in children and adolescents from the Region of Murcia (Spain)

“…However it is also clear that the physical activity they do is not enough, according to WHO recommendations, as it has been indicated in the studies by Romero et al (2008), Martínez-Gómez et al (2009), García-Cantó (2011) and López et al (2016a, b, c, d). Therefore, according to recent studies, Spanish schoolchildren do physical activity, but not enough.…”

“…Physical activity is also very beneficial in people with special needs, such as individuals with Down syndrome (López-Sánchez and López-Sánchez 2013) and schoolchildren with ADHD (López-Sánchez et al 2014, 2015a, b, d, e, 2016a, b, c, d), and can improve health parameters such as physical fitness, body image, heart rate, blood pressure, body fat, general and segmentary motor coordination, sleep quality and life quality.…”

Physical Activity and Physical Activity Self-Efficacy of Adolescent Students: The Field-level Study in India and Fiji

“…As a result, PA declines dramatically during this period [7], [8] and [1]. This is also observed in more recent research as well [16] and [17]. The fall could be more pronouced in the developing societies where students seem to face much pressure due to fear of future unemployment.…”

“…Such issues of adolescent in the context of gender disparity persisted in a typical developing society are still under-researched in the existing literature. In a very resent study, López Sánchez et al [16] tried to estimate the level of habitual physical activity in children and adolescents from the Region of Murcia (Spain) using a questionnaire on Physician-based Assessment and Counselling for Exercise (PACE) among 1055 children and adolescents (532 males and 523 females), aged between 3 and 18 years. They found that the samples were not engaged in sufficient level of physical activity in comparison with the desired level, according to the recommendations of the World Health Organization.…”

Asociación entre nivel y dominios de actividad física en escolares de 9 a 12 años

“…Igualmente, en una investigación realizada por Meseguer (15) en Murcia (España), se evaluó la AF realizada por adultos en relación con el tiempo libre, los resultados demostraron que las personas jóvenes realizan AF vigorosa. Otro estudio, realizado en Costa Rica por López (16) años, con lo que se comprobó que con la edad disminuye la práctica de la AF. En relación con el sexo, se evidenció que en dos de las instituciones los niños tienen un nivel más elevado de AF en comparación con las niñas; en la otra, el comportamiento frente al NAF general es similar en niños y niñas.…”